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Assembly Bill A7888

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes the purchase and installation of global positioning system devices for school buses

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2013-A7888 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3623-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A3248
2017-2018: A209

2013-A7888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the purchase and installation of global positioning system devices for school buses.

2013-A7888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7888

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 7, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  the
  purchase  and  installation  of  global positioning system devices for
  school buses

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  c  of  subdivision  2 of section 3623-a of the
education law, as amended by chapter 453 of the laws of 2005, is amended
to read as follows:
  c. The purchase of equipment deemed a proper school district  expense,
including:  (i) the purchase of two-way radios to be used on old and new
school buses, (ii) the purchase of stop-arms, to be used on old and  new
school  buses,  (iii) the purchase and installation of seat safety belts
on school buses in accordance with the provisions of section  thirty-six
hundred  thirty-five-a  of this article, (iv) the purchase of school bus
back up beepers, (v) the purchase of school  bus  front  crossing  arms,
(vi)  the  purchase  of  school  bus  safety  sensor  devices, (vii) the
purchase and installation  of  exterior  reflective  marking  on  school
buses,  (viii)  the  purchase  of  automatic  engine  fire extinguishing
systems for school buses used to transport students who use  wheelchairs
or other assistive mobility devices, [and] (ix) THE PURCHASE AND INSTAL-
LATION  OF  DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT TO BE USED FOR TRACKING AND MONITORING
SCHOOL BUSES AND SCHOOL BUS PERFORMANCE THAT ARE BASED IN  GLOBAL  POSI-
TIONING  SYSTEM  OR  SIMILAR  TECHNOLOGY,  AND (X) the purchase of other
equipment as prescribed in the regulations of the commissioner; and
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11227-01-3

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